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Khaled Hosseini

1965 - Today

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Khaled Hosseini or Khalid Husseini (; Pashto/Persian: خالد حسینی, Dari: [ˈxɑːlɪd hʊˈsæjniː]; born March 4, 1965) is an Afghan-American novelist, UNHCR goodwill ambassador, and former physician. His debut novel The Kite Runner (2003) was a critical and commercial success; the book and his subsequent novels have all been at least partially set in Afghanistan and have featured an Afghan as the protagonist. Hosseini's novels have spread awareness about Afghanistan's people and culture. Hosseini was briefly a resident of Iran and France after being born in Kabul, Afghanistan, to a diplomat father. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Khaled Hosseini is the 1,177th most popular writer (up from 1,322nd in 2019), the 38th most popular biography from Afghanistan (up from 43rd in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Afghan Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Khaled Hosseini ranks 1,177 out of 7,302. Before him are Ibn Khallikan, Jean de Joinville, Sadriddin Ayni, Bhāsa, Cosmas of Prague, and Sophia Tolstaya. After him are Michel Butor, Cai Yan, Sami Frashëri, Anne Rice, Lin Yutang, and Annemarie Schwarzenbach.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1965, Khaled Hosseini ranks 34. Before him are Dr. Dre, Dragan Stojković, Gong Li, Princess Stéphanie of Monaco, Fumihito, Prince Akishino, and Slash. After him are Ben Stiller, Waris Dirie, Connie Nielsen, Viola Davis, Ryan Murphy, and Kevin James.

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In Afghanistan

Among people born in Afghanistan, Khaled Hosseini ranks 38 out of 177. Before him are Ibrahim ibn Adham (718), Abdur Rahman Khan (1844), Sultan Husayn Bayqara (1438), Shah Shujah Durrani (1785), Khalil Sultan (1384), and Heracles of Macedon (-327). After him are Habibullāh Kalakāni (1890), Ibn al-Rawandi (827), Jalal-ud-din Khalji (1220), Wazir Akbar Khan (1816), Muhammad bin Bakhtiyar Khalji (1101), and Nur Jahan (1577).

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Among WRITERS In Afghanistan

Among writers born in Afghanistan, Khaled Hosseini ranks 3. Before him are Rumi (1207), and Ali-Shir Nava'i (1441). After him are Sanai (1080), Gulbadan Begum (1523), Unsuri (980), Rabia Balkhi (1000), Farrukhi Sistani (980), Atiq Rahimi (1962), Nadia Anjuman (1981), Niloofar Rahmani (1992), and Nadia Ghulam (1985).

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